[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2495-2496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-865]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4442-N-01]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research--HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is: January 21, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the

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date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability for the Hispanic-
serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program (HSIAC). HUD seeks 
to implement this initiative as soon as possible.
    HSIAC is a new program which provides funds to Hispanic-serving 
institutions of higher education to under take Community Development 
Block Grant Program-eligible activities in order to expand their role 
and effectiveness in helping their communities with neighborhood 
revitalization, housing, and economic development. In fiscal year, 
approximately 14 grants will be awarded.
    Submission of the information required under this information 
collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the 
benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the 
Freedom of Information Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 
a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid 
control number. The OMB Control number, when assigned, will be 
announced by a separate notice in the Federal Register.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal:
    Notice of Funding Availability and Application Kit--Hispanic-
serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program.
    (2) Summary of the information collection:
    Each applicant for HSIAC would be required to submit current 
information, as listed below:
    1. Transmittal letter signed by the Chief Executive of the 
institution.
    2. HUD Form 424 (Application for Assistance) and OMB Standard 424B 
(Non-Construction Assurances).
    3. One page abstract.
    4. Statement of Work.
    5. Narrative statement addressing the factors for award.
    6. HUD Form 50070, Drug-free Workplace Certification.
    7. HUD Form 50071, Certification of Payments to Influence Certain 
Federal Transactions.
    8. SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable).
    9. HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Form.
    10. Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan.
    11. EZ/EC Certification (if applicable).
    12. Financial management and audit information.
    13. Budget for the project.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    To appropriately determine which Hispanic-serving Institutions of 
Higher Education should be awarded HSIAC grants, certain information is 
necessary about the applicant's plan, budget, past and future 
capabilities, and the institutional commitment to the program.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information:
    Respondents will be Hispanic-serving Institutions of Higher 
Education, as defined in Title V of the 1998 Amendments to the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 105-244). Grantees will also be expected 
to prepare and submit semi-annual monitoring reports and a final 
report.
    The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 60. 
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information 
for applications is one-time because the application need be submitted 
only once per grant cycle. The estimated number of respondents to the 
monitoring requirements is 14.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:

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                                                     Number of     Total annual      Hours per
                                                    respondents      responses       response       Total hours
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Application.....................................              60              60              80           4,800
Semi-annual reports.............................              14              28              16             448
Final reports...................................              14              14              16             224
Recordkeeping...................................              14              14              16             224
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                                                                                                           5,696
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    Authority: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 8, 1999.
Wayne Eddins,
Reports Management Reports.
[FR Doc. 99-865 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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